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Definition of Pushover
1. Noun. Someone who is easily taken advantage of.
2. Noun. Any undertaking that is easy to do. "Marketing this product will be no picnic"
Specialized synonyms: Doddle
Generic synonyms: Labor, Project, Task, Undertaking
Derivative terms: Breeze, Cinch, Walk Over
Definition of Pushover
1. Noun. Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change his/her mind or comply. ¹
2. Noun. Someone who lets himself be picked or bullied on without defending or stand up for him/herself. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pushover
1. an easily defeated person or team [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pushover
Literary usage of Pushover
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. NEHRP Commentary on the Gidelines for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildingsedited by Eugene Zeller edited by Eugene Zeller (2000)
"STEP 1 pushover ANALYSIS V-ZF, l pushover CURVE STEP 2 PERFORM EIGENVALUE ANALYSIS
USING EFFECTIVE MEMBER STIFFNESSES AT ASSUMED DISPLACEMENT STEP 3 ..."
2. Educational Facilities and Risk Management: Natural Disasters by OECD Staff, SourceOECD (Online service) (2004)
"... of the transverse walls is disregarded and. as the dynamic analysis showed.
torsional modes do not exist The evaluation of the pushover analysis and the ..."
3. Power in Transition: The Peaceful Change of International Order by Charles Kupchan (2001)
"... naive pushover was widely expressed in the media and by politicians. It seemed
that, having adopted and abided by the established diplomatic and legal ..."
4. NEHRP Recommended Provisions for Seismic Regulations for New Buildings and edited by Eugene Zeller (2001)
"Appropriate forms of such analyses could include a plastic mechanism analysis,
a static pushover analysis or a nonlinear time history analysis. ..."
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